RockOnTheNet.com
presents The Top Pop Songs
Of All Time !
We have ranked the top pop songs that have charted over the past
50+ years on The ARC Weekly Top 40 and Billboard Hot 100, and
come up with
a definitive list that will continue to expand as we add to it,
and continue to modify as new songs chart on The ARC Weekly Top
40.

Rihanna was born and grew
up in Barbados. In her teens, Rihanna would turn
to music and singing to distract her from family
troubles. She was discovered by music producer
Evan Rodgers when she was part of girl group, and
when Rihanna was 16, Rodgers had her move in with
he and in his wife in Connecticut to work on a
demo album. By early 2005, Rihanna auditioned
with Jay-Z's Def Jam Records and was
signed to the label.

June 5: Rihanna released Good
Girl Gone Bad. The LP hit the Top 10 in the US,
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Holland, Finland,
France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, New Zealand,
Norway, Poland, and Spain, and topped the charts
in Canada and Ireland.

July 7: Rihanna topped the
Billboard Dance Club Songs chart for 2 weeks with
Jay-Zwith
"Umbrella."

July 7: Rihanna performed at the Live Earth concert in Japan. The
7-continent concert organized by Al Gore brought
together over 100 artists to perform and raise
the world's awareness about the climate crisis
and how to make a difference to help the
environment and the world.

November 16: Rihanna releasedLoud. The LP hit the Top 10 in
the US, Austria, Belgium, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Japan, the Netherlands,
New Zealand, Poland, and Spain, and topped the
charts in Australia, Ireland, Scotland,
Switzerland, and Canada.

November 20: Rihanna topped the
Billboard Hot 100 chart for 1 week, Digital Songs
chart for 1 week, and Digital Tracks chart for 1
week with help from Drake with "What's My Name."

November 21: Rihanna released Talk
That Talk. The LP hit the Top 10 in the US,
Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany,
Greece, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain,
and Holland, and topped the charts in Australia,
New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, and Scotland.

December 8: Rihanna topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart for 1 week, Digital Albums
chart for 1 week, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart
for 3 weeks and with Unapologetic. The LP sold over 238,000
copies its first week of release in the US. The
LP also topped the charts in Australia, Canada,
Ireland, Norway, Switzerland, and Turkey, and hit
the Top 10 in Australia, Austria, Belgium,
Croatia, Holland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy,
New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Scotland, and Spain.

Note: Song title and position
links lead you to the song's ARC Weekly Top 40 chart run, LP links take
you to Amazon.com for that LP's info (often
including track listings and track samples), and
single cover art takes you to Amazon.com for that CD single (if
available). Songs charting prior to 1980 have
information from Billboard magazine.